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| Author(s): |
Camila Azevedo de Moraes
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (MAE) |
| Defense date: | 2007-06-20 |
| Examining board members: |
Marisa Coutinho Afonso;
Jose Luiz de Morais;
Pedro Ignacio Schmitz
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| Advisor: | Marisa Coutinho Afonso |
| Abstract | |
This dissertation presents a systematic study of archaeological contexts related to the Tupiguarani tradition in the middle and upper Mogi Guaçu river valley, northeastern region of the São Paulo State. The artifactual variability of the studied assemblages indicated cultural and social processes leading to the construction of an initial interpretative scheme about these ceramic groups. In terms of methodology, this research included the review of available information about this region, the development of archaeological surveys and excavations in archaeological sites, and the study of the pottery, based on the concept of technological style. Thus, the analysis of a diversity of pottery assemblages, recovered in systematic archaeological research and present in archaeological collections from museums and private owners, allowed a wide characterization of Tupi occupation on this region of São Paulo state. Data interpretation took into account the formation processes of the archaeological record, since these processes explain the identified artifactual variability. Finally, the dissertation discusses the results of the analysis, relating them to the available information on the Tupi presence in the São Paulo state (AU) | |